Chien Lee / Banana (Musa sp) growing in a rainforest clearing, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, male perched on banana leaf, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

David Welling / Banana slug on leaf (Ariolomax columbianus) California, USA

Philippe Clement / Banana (Musa occinea) in flower, in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana Tree (musa velutina) with flowers and fruit, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yanomami indian covers basket with banana leaves, Maturaca village, Amazonas, Brazil

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Banana (Musa sp) leaf, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Karine Aigner / Local river fish traditionally prepared and steamed in banana tree leaves by the Anangu community. Napo Cultural Center Lodge, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.

Nigel Cattlin / Black sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola)lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola)lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Spiralling whitefly (Aleurodicus dispersus) adults and circular wax trails on the underside of a banana leaf, Mindanao, Philippines, February